| Authorised form of name | Fearnsides; William George (1879 - 1968) |
| Dates | 1879 - 1968 |
| Date of birth | 10 November 1879 |
| Date of death | 15/05/1968 |
| Activity | Education:
MA
Career:
Sorby Professor of Geology and Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Sheffield; ex-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Memberships:
FGS
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/05/1932 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1969 vol 15 pp 83-98, plate, by O M B Bulman |
| Code | NA1841 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1932/04 | Fearnsides, William George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/49/62 | Referee's report by William George Fearnsides, on a paper 'The Cambrian area of Rushton (Shropshire)' by Edgar Sterling Cobbold and Roy Woodehouse Pocock | 26 July 1933 |
| MDA/C/6/4 | Papers relating to an award from the Darwin Research Fund to Sir Arthur Hill, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 1939-1940 |
| MC/29/61 | Letter from William [George] Fearnsides, 10 Silver Birch Avenue, Fulwood, Sheffield, to The Secretaries of The Royal Society | 7 March 1914 |